Photographic adbum



1,625,724 Ap 1927' F. HUSZTl-HORVATH PHOTOGRAPHIG ALBUM Filed OCL- 4, 1926 ill Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

UNIT ED SET Al? FERDINAND HUSZTI-HQRVATH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM.

Application filed October 4, 1926.

ihis invention relates to an improvement in photographic or like albums wherein provision is made for the reception and display of photographs and a more or lessconcealed retention in readily accessible form of the negativesor othcrdatawith which the (Us played photographs are related.

The improved album is made up of a series-of leaves reinforced at one edge to receive the means by which the leaves are bound together, each leaf involving what may be termed a stub section and a main section. The main section which forms the L ter width of the leaf isprovided on its sui ace with means for the reception of photographs, while the stub section is provided with pockets to receivethenegativesor other data having more or less direct connection with the photographs displayed on the main section. To avoid undue thickness, the pockets on the. stub section are provided on reverse sides and in offset relation and the leaf as a whole isscoredior otherwise formed between thebinding edge and stub section, and between the stubsection and main section to permit ready folding or turning" of the main section with respect to the stub section, or of the main and stub sections with respect to the binding edge, whereby the photographs alone may be displayed in the turning of the main sections, or a particular pocket may be rendered accessible by turning the main and stub sections as a. unit.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one of the leaves making up the book or album.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view of one of the leaves.

As the leaves forming the album are in substantial duplicates, detailed description of one will suitice for all.

The leaf 1 which may be of any appropriate material and in any desired size, is reinforced at 2 at the binding edge, preferably by the use of a narrow fold to double the thickness of the leaf at this point. While the particular manner of binding is unimportant so far as the present invention is concerned, it is preferred that the reinforced edge be formed with openings 3 so that a series of leaves may be connected in bookforming relation by cords passed through the openings in the well-known manner to facilitate the application of additional Serial No. 139,502.

leaves. or the disconnection of any. The leaf 1 is divided'into a comparatively narrow stub section L, and a comparatively wide main section 5. and the leaf is transversely. creased or marked at 6 between the reinforced edge 2 and the stub section land at 1 between-the stub section 1- and the main section 5, thus permitting the leaf to be conveniently turned or opened on either the line of fold 6 or the lineof fold 7, for a purpose which will later appear. The main section 5 isdesigned to receive, in the use-of the leaf in a photograph album, the usual photographs or pictures, indicated in dotted outline at 8. These pictures may be removably secured to the leaf, as by conventional fastenings 9, Or if desired, may be adhesively secured to the leaf: The stub section. 4 is provided with pockets 10 preferably by se curing an appropriate section of material along three edges to the stubsection, as indicated. at 11, that edge next the main section of the leaf being unsecured, to provide a pocket entrance, and such edge having the usual reccss12 for conveniently grasping the articles in the pocket. I

In order to provideeachstub section with full pocket capacity, without at the same time providing. an undue thickness atthis portion of the book, when the pockets are filled, the stub sections 4: are provided on reverse sides with the pockets 10 and these pockets are vertically offset one from the other so that the two pocket-s when filled add to the thickness of the book only according to the thickness of the contents of a single pocket.

In the use of the leaf for photographic albums, a series of leaves are secured together either as described, or in any other preferred binding manner, and the photographs are applied to the main section 5 while the negatives or other data are placed in pockets 10 on the stub 4 which face the particular main section. Thus both sides of the leaf may be used to display the photographs and to provide a pocket for the receipt of the negatives.

In the use of the album, and desiring to display only the photographs, it is apparent that the main sections 5 may be opened on the line of fold 7 whereby the stub sections 4: serve to hold the pockets under more or less pressure to retain the negatives therein. If it is desired to reach the negatives in a particular pocket the leaf carry- .ing that pocket is opened on the line of fold 6, whereupon the particular pocket is readily accessible to permit withdrawal of its contents.

Obviously, while the invention is illustrated in connection with photographic albums, for which use it is more particularly designed, it is to be understood that the details described may be readily applied to books of other types wherein it is desired to display a. portion of the contents of the book and to provide means for housing and securing sheets carrying other data in connection with such display data.

Vb-at is claimed as new is:

1. A photograph or like album made up of leaves each including a main section and a stub section, the stub section being provided on opposite surfaces in offset relation with pockets.

2. A photograph or like album made up of leaves, each including a main section and a stub section, the stub section being provided on opposite surfaces in offset relation with pockets opening toward the main section.

3. A photograph or likealbum made up of leaves, each including a main section and a stub section, the stub section being provided on opposite surfaces in offset relation witlrpockets, the leaf being provided with a line of fold between the main and stub sections to permit the main section to be turned as a leaf independent of the stub section.

4. A photographic or like album made up of leaves, each including a main section and a stub section, the stub section being proa line of fold between the bound edge and the stub section and with a second line of fold between the stub section and main section.

5. A photographic album made up of leaves doubled at one edge to provide a binding edge, and divided beyond the binding edge into a comparatively narrow stub section and a comparatively broad main section, the leaf being designed to he folded on a line between the stub section and main section, a pocket secured on one face of the stub section throughout substantially the full width thereof and opening toward the main section, whereby in the folding of the main section the opening of the pocket on the stub section is substantially closed.

61A photographic album made up of leaves doubled at one edge to provide a binding edge and divided beyond the binding edge into a comparatively narrow stub section and a comparatively broad main section, the leaf being designed to be folded on a line between the stub section and binding edge or between the stub section and main section, a pocket secured on one face of the stub section through substantially the full width thereof and opening toward the main section, the said stub section being further formed on the opposite face with a similar pocket vertically offset from the first-mentioned pocket and opening toward the main section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FERDINAND HUSZTI-HORVATH. [L 5.] 

